- Friday, June 20, 2025
HYDERABAD-BASED generics drug manufacturer Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Saturday (17) said the US health regulator has issued a Form 483 with two observations after inspecting its US-based facility. The US Food and Drug Administration completed a Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspection at the company's API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) Middleburgh facility…
SEVERAL Indian-American politicians are now pushing for domestic H-1B visa renewal that will allow visa holders to renew their visas without leaving United States. Democrat lawmakers, including Ro Khanna, Suhas Subramanyam, and Raja Krishnamoorthi have written to secretary of state Marco Rubio that this should be integrated with the immigration…
GRANDMASTER R Praggnanandhaa clinched the Superbet Classic title in Bucharest, Romania, after winning the dramatic three-way tie-break. The 19-year-old Chennai youth held his nerve in the final game against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, sealing a memorable win in the opening event of the Grand Chess Tour. In the three-way tiebreak, the first…
THE AMERICAN-LEBANESE man who stabbed and partially blinded novelist Salman Rushdie during an event at a New York cultural center in 2022 was on Friday (16) sentenced to 25 years in prison. Hadi Matar, 27, was convicted in February of attempted murder and assault for the stabbing, which left Rushdie…
FORMER diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday (17) said that when national interest is involved and his services are required, he will not be found wanting. He said this after the Narendra Modi government nominated him to lead a diplomatic outreach delegation after Operation Sindoor, India's missile strike…
INDIA's ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finally breached the 90-meter frontier, but still had to settle for a second place at the Doha leg of the prestigious Diamond League Meeting series on Friday (16). The 27-year-old double Olympic medallist Indian sent his spear 90.23m in his third attempt, but fell…
BAHUBALI SHAH, one of the owners of ‘Gujarat Samachar’, was detained by the Enforcement Directorate on Friday (16), following a raid on their premises in Ahmedabad. Founded in 1932, Gujarat Samachar is one of the leading vernacular newspapers in Gujarat. Shah (73) is one of the directors of Lok Prakashan…
WITH the Trump administration planning to impose a 5 per cent tax on outward remittances, the cost for Indian-Americans sending money back home will rise. The proposed bill, titled “One Big, Beautiful Bill”, would affect more than 40 million people in the US, including those holding green cards and H-1B…
TWO senior US intelligence officials have been fired by director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard because of their alleged opposition to president Donald Trump. The two officials are Mike Collins, acting chair of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), and his deputy Maria Langan-Riekhof. The NIC is the highest analytical body…
A 78-YEAR-OLD Sikh man was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a minor girl in Brampton, police said on Thursday (14). Peels Police said that Harmohinder Singh was arrested on May 8 by the Special Victims Unit. Singh approached a female victim, aged below 12, and sexually assaulted her on…
